Fantasy Baseball 2011: Updated top 50 starting pitcher rankings

June is here and we've already seen a lot happen from the mound. Justin Verlander and Francisco Liriano each own a no-hitter and rookies Zach Britton and Michael Pineda have dazzled the AL. We've also seen some starters fail to live up to expectations as well as others exceeding anything we thought they do this year. The losses of Adam Wainwright and Stephen Strasburg prior to the start of the season killed most of our spirits, but other hurlers have picked up the slack.

Here is my updated top 50 starting pitchers for fantasy baseball (rankings are based off predictions for the rest of the season, not stats they've already accumulated):

Roy Halladay, PHI

Weaver is the current No. 1 pitcher on ESPN.com's player rater

Tim Lincecum, SFO

Felix Hernandez, SEA

Jered Weaver, LAA

Jon Lester, BOS

Cliff Lee, PHI

Justin Verlander, DET

Dan Haren, LAA

Clayton kershaw, LAD

CC Sabbathia, NYY

Tommy Hanson, ATL

Cole Hamels, PHI

Josh Johnson, FLA

Yovani Gallardo, MIL

Ubaldo Jimenez, COL

David Price, TB

Shaun Marcum, MIL

Josh Beckett, BOS

Since the start of May, Hudson's ERA has dropped from 5.30 to 4.13

Zack Greinke, MIL

Trevor Cahill, OAK

Matt Cain, SFO

Jhoulys Chacin, COL

Roy Oswalt, PHI

Chad Billingsly, LAD

James Sheilds, TB

Daniel Hudson, ARI

Mat Latos, SD

Ricky Nolasco, FLA

Anibal Sanchez, FLA

Jaime Garcia, STL

Max Scherzer, DET

Jonathan Sanchez, SFO

Michael Pineda, SEA

Chris Carpenter, STL

Gio Gonzalez, OAK

Brett Anderson, OAK

The 23-year old Anderson is 3-4 with a 2.84 ERA and 56 K's in 73 innings

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